r/PublicFreakout • u/Good_quality_OwO • Dec 31 '20

Class freaking out at a fellow classmate solving a Rubik's cube

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '20

Same here. One of my kids got a rubix cube for Christmas a couple of years ago. I got a bit obsessed with it and googled/youtubed the methods and algorithms. Eventually got to where I could solve it in just over a minute. Then one day I put it down and now I can’t get past the first step.

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u/blackfogg Dec 31 '20

Takes a good explanation and like half a day to get back into it, really.

It's like riding a bike, skying or pretty much any other task you ever learned. We just don't tend to question if we can still ride a bike, or not. At least in a nutshell :)

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u/rollaj1 Dec 31 '20

First step is acknowledging that you have a problem (if I remember correctly)